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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • ‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

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  • This was pretty clear in 2016, glaringly obvious in 2021, and Trump himself explicitly said being a dictator on day one was a goal in 2024.

    But I'm sure another think piece won't hurt!

  • Peak

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  • That did not happen

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    If Donald Trump Was Assassinated, Would Anyone Really Mind, Beyond The Principle of the Thing?

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  • Do you consider the free software movement to be an anarchist/communist project?

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  • My pleasure! It kind of reminds me of Snow Crash in that it's really fun and adventurous but also made me think deep thoughts.

  • Self Fulfilling Prophecy

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  • It's primary use is to help scared people live within their delusions and avoid facing reality. Be it advertising or propaganda.

    I've heard Fascism described primarily as an aesthetic that everything else within it, including reality, flows from. GenAI makes it a lot easier to apply the aesthetic to whatever uncomfortable reality a scared lonely person may desire.

  • Do you consider the free software movement to be an anarchist/communist project?

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  • Cory Doctorow has a novel "Walkaway" which is basically "what if society but FOSS". It's really good!

    To answer your question, while it has a lot in common with anarchism I don't think anyone benefits from trying to fit it into a predefined political box. It's something new.

  • Advice for Linux media center

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  • Libelec (kodi) is fine if only playing local media but its use for anything else except realdebrid is extremely lacking. On the plus side it will run great on an Rpi5 and if you go that route you can probably even use your TV remote because Libelec has excellent CEC support.

    Jellyfin/Plex is something your TV also probably has an app for, so you wouldn't even need a media center, just a media server.

    Plasma Bigscreen is making slow gains, but in a couple of years will probably be the definitive Linux media center PC.

    Also a bit unconventional, but Bazzite can load directly into Steam's big picture mode. From there you could set shortcuts for Jellyfin or Plex HTPC.

  • Booklore is officially dead

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  • They seem to be working on uh, syncing all the sync features. There have been some updates recently.

  • Booklore is officially dead

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  • My understanding is that it wasn't so much his "choice in tools" it was privacy concerns surrounding that choice.

  • Booklore is officially dead

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  • I think CWA is the one to watch. It's progress has been slower but steady.

  • Booklore is officially dead

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  • Crazy. It had a meteoric rise.

    I guess CWA is the one to use now. In a way I'm glad the space will have only a single major player.

  • Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI

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  • Ah cool, I'm not surprised. The Skyrim modding community is insane.

  • Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI

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  • I think it could be cool for background NPC dialogue in big open RPGs like Skyrim. Imagine if townsfolk could have realistic conversations and interactions like bartering over goods, etc. Nothing major or plot-dependent, obviously. Just something more natural than a handful of repeated, scripted and prerecorded phrases.

    I would compare it to ray-tracing. Ray tracing means the artists don't have to plan out every single light beam, and the result is actually more realistic than if they had. A tactfully used LLM could mean they don't have to script out every line of background dialogue and also achieve a more realistic result.

  • Incase you were not aware, there is a new fork of Revanced which is more properly maintained. It's called Morphe.

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  • How is this vs NewPipe?

  • Positive affirmations from your favorite captains

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  • dingdingding

  • I'm cutting FB and IG entirely, is there a way to see content there without an account?

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  • What you're looking for is called an "Alternative frontend". I'm not aware of a working one for Facebook but it might be worth searching around!

  • The Trouble with Review Bombing

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  • Wow that's hilarious, when I saw the headline I thought of SFA but I didn't realize it was literally mentioned in the article.

    I think score aggregators are stupid in the first place and I feel bad for anyone who looks to them as a deciding factor on if they should watch something. The entire point of reading something from a reviewer is that you get to know what that person likes/dislikes. "enjoyableness" is not some numerically quantifiable thing and at best you'll just e chasing some bland average.

  • Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon

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  • weird how many hoops you are willing to jump through to discourage anyone talking about the gays in a positive way 🤔

    protip next time you want to LARP as a non bigot, don't call it "nutrek" that's a dead giveaway

  • Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon

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  • man it's just crazy all the boxes that have to be checked in order to celebrate lgbt representation! its like the bar is set impossibly high! ugh! so crazy.

    Obviously you are not a bigot and think representation is a good thing too! thats why it sucks that everything has to be just so perfectly aligned in order to celebrate it! ugh!